Press
Showing 21-34 of 34 Items
-
Pentagon says some Russian jets are avoiding Ukraine's airspace during sorties to avoid being shot down
The skirting of Ukrainian air space suggests Russia warplanes are aware of these still considerable dangers. In an interview on Wednesday, an expert on the Russian military sa...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
'A rush to failure': How the Russian military started off so badly in Ukraine
The first week of Russia's invasion of Ukraine does not appear to have gone to plan. Russia's attempts at a fast-paced assault haven't brought its forces inside Kyiv, the capi...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
The Digital Sleuths Exposing Russia's Military Buildup Near Ukraine
As Russia has moved tens of thousands of troops toward its border with Ukraine in recent months, hinted of an armed response if NATO does not acquiesce to its demands, and ann...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Mud Could Complicate Possible Russian Plans for an Invasion of Ukraine, US Officials Say
A fairly mild winter and muddy ground could complicate possible Russian plans to launch an invasion of Ukraine, potentially delaying plans for military action, senior Biden ad...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Satellite Images Show the Buildup of Russian Forces Near Ukraine That Have the US and NATO Worried About an Invasion
New satellite photos show the buildup of Russian armed forces at strategic locations in western Russia near the Ukrainian border and at one spot in Crimea amid concerns that R...
By Jeffrey Edmonds, Michael Kofman & Jim Townsend
-
On a Quiet but Tense Corner of Russia's border, its Neighbors are Gaining on It
Thirty years ago, Russia's supremacy in the Caspian Sea was unquestioned. Even with the independence of new countries with their own navies in the early 1990s, Russia and its ...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Bionic arms and blue-eyed bots: How Russia aims to nurture a tech hub in its Far East
To see Russia’s ambitions for its own version of Silicon Valley, head about 5,600 miles east of Moscow, snake through Vladivostok’s hills and then cross a bridge from the main...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Algorithmic Warfare: Russia Expanding Fleet of AI-Enabled Weapons
Russia — which has made no secret of its artificial intelligence ambitions — is building a cadre of AI-enabled, autonomous weapon systems that could one day threaten the Unite...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
-
A warning to DoD: Russia advances quicker than expected on AI, battlefield tech
The Russian military is more technologically advanced than the U.S. realized and is quickly developing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain battlefield information adv...
By Jeffrey Edmonds & Samuel Bendett
-
Russia's powerful Northern Fleet just got the first of a new class of submarines that has the US Navy worried
On May 7, the Russian Navy finally commissioned the Kazan, its first Yasen-M-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN). Kazan is the lead boat of a subclass descen...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Russia Is Building an Army of Robot Weapons, and China's AI Tech Is Helping
Russia is developing an array of autonomous weapons platforms utilizing artificial intelligence as part of an ambitious push supported by high-tech cooperation with neighborin...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Russia Is Accelerating Its Own Link-Everything Network
The United States isn’t the only major military power trying to digitally link all of its weapons and execute operations faster with artificial intelligence. Russia has been m...
By Samuel Bendett & Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Russia's unlucky aircraft carrier is getting ready for its return to action
Perhaps no aircraft carrier has been as mocked or as troubled as Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia's only carrier and the sole ship of its class. Meant to usher in a new era for Sovie...
By Jeffrey Edmonds
-
Trump’s debts and foreign deals pose security risks, former intelligence officials say
Security teams at U.S. spy agencies are constantly scouring employee records for signs of potential compromise: daunting levels of debt, troubling overseas entanglements, hidd...
By Jeffrey Edmonds